If you just want Wbar (and/or Tint2) to no be covered up by open windows .... just set the margins in Openbox configuration Manager - Margins ... to leave these areas uncovered. Top-58, bottom-32 works well on my screen. You can still move windows to the edges of the screen but they should no automatically maximize to cover those areas.

In IceWM (my favorite), I do not think there is a way to insure Wbar remains uncovered.

I have been using Solid pup 5.1.1-B rc2 a lot lately and I like it. Only problem I have had is that sometime it locks-up on an X restart, shutdown, or reboot when I am running IceWM. Seems random but may be related to some prior activity during that session ..... more testing needed. So Far, no lock-ups while using Openbox. Thanks ... KJ

just set the margins in Openbox configuration Manager - Margins ... to leave these areas uncovered. Top-58, bottom-32 works well on my screen. You can still move windows to the edges of the screen but they should no automatically maximize to cover those areas.

Hmmm, that gives me an idea. I could get a widescreen monitor and reserve the right hand margin and put the wbar there vertically. (then the windows will be over at top left where I like them, but wbar will still be visible). I never really liked widescreen - but maybe that would be a good way to use one.

I've decided to get back on the saddle and work on another puplet..well not a brand new one.
I felt that I had left SolidPup sort-of unfinished, so I decided to work on it some more.
This will probably be the final release for version 5.1.1. It should be ready in a couple weeks. There will be a lot of changes.

Hi, recently I had seen something on this forum that Solidpup was to be a kind-of simplified Puppy, and thought to put it on my friend's new (old) computer, a Dell Latitude D610.
All she does is internet email (Yahoo) and Web browsing, and uses the Opera browser.

But I've run into a problem, which I think Pemasu mentioned somewhere in this forum: when I click on shutdown and choose the restart X, the computer seems to do nothing, with a dark screen.
After a while, all I can do is power off.

KJ: The only problem with your idea with Openbox margins is that it reduces screen real-estate.
I would rather just use the toggle ShowDesktop function, but thanks for the suggestion.

sheldonisaac wrote:

Hi, recently I had seen something on this forum that Solidpup was to be a kind-of simplified Puppy, and thought to put it on my friend's new (old) computer, a Dell Latitude D610.
All she does is internet email (Yahoo) and Web browsing, and uses the Opera browser.

But I've run into a problem, which I think Pemasu mentioned somewhere in this forum: when I click on shutdown and choose the restart X, the computer seems to do nothing, with a dark screen.
After a while, all I can do is power off.

Thanks,
Sheldon

Hmmm, I've never encountered that problem, but I think it might do something with certain video drivers.
Try setting up a savefile with Pupsaveconfig then reboot the computer.
The machine may go black for a while, as it creates a savefile before the reboot, but hopefully, it will work for you.

I have no solution for the black screen. Maybe Pemasu or someone else will have the needed info.

By coincidence. I have made a patch for Solidpup511-B Lite rc2 with bug fixes.
The pet also contains modifed restarwm, wmpoweroff, and wmrestart scripts...these are needed for use with "openbox + xfce4-panel"

Hmmm, I've never encountered that problem, but I think it might do something with certain video drivers.
Try setting up a savefile with Pupsaveconfig then reboot the computer.
The machine may go black for a while, as it creates a savefile before the reboot, but hopefully, it will work for you.

I have no solution for the black screen. Maybe Pemasu or someone else will have the needed info.

Thanks, Tman. That was a fast reply!

I am trying that on my own Dell D610.

Thus far I have a new warysave-oct29.2fs in the /mnt/home/solid/ directory.
Rebooted OK.
Then I copied it to /mnt/home/pristine-warysave-oct29.2fs
Rebooted OK.

I'm fairly sure it's 1024x768 24-color. Where do I look to check that?

Now I'll try Shutdown -> Restart X

Good! Back to the desktop!

Now what about Restart WM ..

AH! Good!! Also worked!

THANK YOU!!

I'll be back later with questions on simplifying the desktop even more for her.

5) REBOOT the computer...needed for the newly installed dbus and dbus-glib to work.

If you want to get tint2 panel back, you need to manually edit the file named: /etc/openbox_panel ... change xfce4-panel to tint2 (no spaces) and restart-x.
An automated system for this is in the works.

The great thing about this panel is that you can drag and drop items from the menu to the panel (taskbar) or from the menu to the desktop.
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5) REBOOT the computer...needed for the newly installed dbus and dbus-glib to work.

If you want to get tint2 panel back, you need to manually edit the file named: /etc/openbox_panel ... change xfce4-panel to tint2 (no spaces) and restart-x.
An automated system for this is in the works.

The great thing about this panel is that you can drag and drop items from the menu to the panel (taskbar) or from the menu to the desktop.
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hum, at this time, don't work for me.
I didn't find the /etc/openbox_panel file, so I created it ?
but no, don't work.
later, sure !

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